ucla vs. ucsd in political science?

<p>I was wondering any of you have opinions on which school has a better poli sci program or does it not matter?</p>

<p>I don't think it matters... Both schools are very highly ranked at the graduate level (UCSD at 7th and UCLA at 10th), but I don't know enough about the UCLA/UCSD undergraduate programs to really distinguish them. Maybe kfc4u has a better perspective and can properly answer your question. :rolleyes:</p>

<p>as far as I know, ucla enters you as pre political science and after two years, they require you to petition to actually get into the major. Isn't that just a pain? :P I got into ucla and now I'm wondering if I should go there to do poli sci compared to UCSD if I get in...</p>

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Prepolitical Science Major
All students intending to major in Political Science must enroll as Prepolitical Science majors. After completion of preparation for the major courses, they need to petition to enter the major in the Undergraduate Office, 4269A Bunche Hall.</p>

<p>Preparation for the Major
Required: Four lower division courses from Political Science 10, 20, 30, 40, 50. These lower division courses are requisites to upper division courses and 10, 20, 30 & 6, 40, and 50 are required in those fields designated as the concentration or distribution field. PS 6 or 6R along with PS 30 is required for a concentration or distrbution in Field V, Methods and Models. Students must also take one statistics course from Political Science 6 or 6R, Anthropology M80, Economics M40, Geography M40, Social Sciences 40, Sociology M18, Statistics 10, Statistics 11, Statistics M12, or Statistics M21C. PS 6 or 6R may be taken for credit and is not considered a repeat of content if another of the listed statistics courses has already been taken.</p>

<p>Students must complete all premajor courses with a 2.0 grade-point average by the time they attain 135 units. Admission to the major is granted only after successful completion of all lower division requirements.

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<p><a href="http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.polisci.ucla.edu/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Doesn't sound that bad.</p>